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These aren’t your dad’s Bulls.
And they’re definitely no longer DeMar DeRozan’s or Zach LaVine’s — and that might be a good thing.
That’s why big man Nikola Vucevic doesn’t want the core of this group that has been around for the previous two play-in games against the Heat to live in that space.
Heck, don’t even visit it.
In 2022-23, the Bulls’ season ended in Miami. They watched a three-point lead with 3:47 left disintegrate into an 11-point victory for the Heat, thanks to Jimmy Butler haunting his former organization in the clutch.